Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Wilson Pickett (1941-2006)
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(1964) Lyndon B. Johnson, “Radio and Television Address at the Signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act”
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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles
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Lester Blackwell Granger (1896-1976)

Explore Global African History

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Christiane Taubira (Taubira-Delannon, Christiane) (1952- )
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Mogadishu, Somalia (ca. 950 – )
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Ota Benga (1883-1916)
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Jean Marcel Nicholas (a.k.a. Johnny Nicholas, 1918-1945)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Running for President: George Edwin Taylor, 1904
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U.S. Marshal Luke Moore at Ole Miss, 1962
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Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom
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Challenging Caste and Race: The Campaign for Integrated Higher Education in the Reconstruction Era

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators